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Daily Outfit Idea: The Classic White Button-Down (With a Twist!)

Hi STF, Lauren here! You may remember me from my days of showing up on Suze's posts where I was always ready to share my personal style, doing wacky things like get a scalp massage and dressing up in the same outfit as my boss. (Believe it!) While I do love fashion fun and games...

...I'm beyond excited to share that as of today, I'll be sharing a cute get-dressed idea with you each and every day--which'll hopefully make the next morning's "What the heck am I gonna wear today?!" freak-out moment a thing of the past. On that note, let's get started!

Since today is the official start of New York fashion week, I thought it was only appropriate to begin your outfit inspiration a tried-and-true wardrobe classic: the white button down.

I love everything about this look. It's chic, clean, completely pulled together, and thanks to that white shirt (and that wrist full of super-cute bracelets), proves you can wear black and yellow together without looking like a bumble bee. And what's even better, is that you can't tell from this outfit whether it's April, July, September, or October, proving that it will "work" for six months out of the year. (Although FYI it was taken in September, during fashion week (that's a Teen Vogue editor) another reason why I thought it'd be a good outfit idea for today!)

I have to admit, part of the reason I chose this photo as my first is because I've been having my own moment with the white oxford lately: I've worn mine twice in the past week and a half (mainly because I've been in a change of season outfit rut), and was told by a co-worker, "I love what you've been doing with this white button down look!" Who knew something so simple could earn two thumbs-up?!

So, how do you wear it? Clearly from the photo above, pencil skirts are a more than safe bet, but I recently wore mine untucked with a bandage skirt and a big necklace. The following week, I wore it with a printed mini (that wasn't so tight and bandage-y) and rather than tucking it in, tied it up in a knot at the top of the skirt (midriff UN-exposed of course). But the best thing about the classic white shirt is that you can wear it with jeans, denim cutoffs and a cute hat, under your favorite sleeveless dress, and even over your bathing suit. Okay, not that you're wearing a suit anytime soon since summer's ending, but you get the idea.

So, what's your favorite way to wear a white button down? How are you going to wear yours tomorrow? I can't wait to hear!